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WILLIAM ADAM, OF KIDIIERMINSTEB, COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ENGLAND.

LOOM FOR WEAVING CHENlLLE )R A XMINSTER CARPETS AND HUGS.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,085, dated August22,- 1882.

Application filed June 25, 1881. (No model.) Patented in EnglandNovember 22, 1880, No. 4,842.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM ADAM, of the firmof Tomkinson & Adam, carpet and rug manufacturers,asubject of the Queenof Great Britain, residing at Kidderminster, in the county of Worcester,England, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvemen ts in Looms forWeaving Chenille or Axminster carpets and Rugs, (for which I havereceivedLetters Patent in England, No. 4,842, dated September 22, 1880,)of which the following isaspecification.

The invention has for its object improvements in looms for weavingchenille or AX Ininster carpets and rugs, whereby greater speed thanheretofore is obtained in the weavmounted with capability of being movedup and down in suitable fixed guides carried by the framing of the loom.The catcher warp roller or bobbin is mounted in bearings carried by theneedle-frame just above the needlebar, and moves up and down with it,and such catcher-warp roller or bobbin is provided at one or both endsthereof with suitable lettingoff and taking-up appliances. In order toal low the catcherwarps to enter their respective spaces in the reed,the latter is made in the form of a comb, with spaces at intervals,

' through which the catcher or binding warp passes. The tops of thedents between the open top spaces are united together and filled insolid, and I prefer to form the outer dents in one strip of metal bentover at thetop in order to give increased strength to such parts.

I also form the front or face of such solid tops inclinedslightlyforward from the upper to the lower part thereof, for thepurpose hereinafter described. I

The chenille weft or for is wound on a beam or large bobbin, or it maybe placed in abasket. The beam, bobbin, or basket is placed in anyconvenient position, and the end of the chenille weft or fur is passedthrough one or more guides carried by a finger fixed to a slide whichruns to and fro on one or more guide rods or bars fixed to the loombehind the catcher-warp needles, and such slide is moved at the requiredtimes from one side of the loom to the other, with the projecting fingertraveling between the top of the reed and the points of the catcher-warpneedles, whereby the chenille weft or fur will be carried across theloom in front of the reed, ready to be pulled by the attendant to thefell of the work. The reed is then moved forward in such' a positionthat the bottom edge of the solid tops of the reed shall ride upon theground-warps and press the chenille weft or fur to its proper place, toassist which the reed has a rising motion imparted to it just as thelathe is completing its forward motion, thus bringing the fur to itsproper place without the aidot' a comb, which it has hitherto been foundnecessary to employ in this class of loom. When beating up theground-weft the reed is moved to and fro in the ordinary manner; butwhen pressing the chenille weft or furto its place the motions abovedescribed are imparted to it.

The slide employed in carrying the chenille weft or for into the openshed may be operated in any convenient manner; but the way I have foundto answer, and which forms part of my present invention, consists inattaching one end of a cord or other flexible connection to one side andthe other end of the cord to the other side of the slide and passingsuch flexible connection partly around wheels or pulleys at each side ofthe loom, whenceitpasses to a wheel which receives the requiredreciprocating rotary motion at the proper times from a cam and suitableconnections.

niinster carpets and rugs as will enable me to describe my presentimprovements; and Figs.

a, 4., 5, 0, 7,8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13, 14; and 15 are various views moreclearly illustrating various portions of my invention.

a to represent the framing of the loom; b, thecam-shaft; e, thelathe-swords; d, the reed; e, the breast-beam, andfthe axis of theworkbeam. The warps to form the ground of the fabric are carried bybeams mounted in bearings a. in the usual manner; butinlieu of carryin gthe catcher or binding warp on a beam, as heretofore, I adopt thearrangement shown at Figs. l, 2, and 3, and wind it upon a smallerroller or bobbin, with flanged ends. This roller or bobbin is providedwith a pulley, g, at each end thereof, and is mounted in bearingscarried by a frame, h, mounted, with capability of being moved up anddown in or upon fixed guides M, which are carried by brackets (i fixedto the main framing of the loom; or such guides may be formed and fixedin other suitable manner, so long as the frame It in its motions iscorrectly guided. Around each of the pulleys g is passed a cord, g oneend of which is attached to the spring 9 connected with theneedle-frame, and the other end to a weight, g. The said cords g arealso passed over guide-pulleys 9 mounted in any convenient position. Bythese means the catcher-warp has suitable friction applied thereto, andis enabled to be drawn off the roller or bobbin g as required for thework while the slack of the catcher-warp is taken up as required.Thecatcher-warpsarepassed through the eyes of needles h, fixed to a bar,h carried by the sliding frame h, and the latter is moved up and down atthe required times in the following manner, (see Figs. 1, 2, 3:)

0n the cam-shaft b is fixed a cam, 72. which gives motion to a lever, h.The latter is, by link or connecting-rod 7L connected to one end of alever, h, the other end of which is, by a link, 7L7, connected to thesliding frame It. In the drawings I have represented the frame h asprovided with guide wheels or rollers h to run against the guides 0.but, if desired, the sliding frame 71. may be otherwise guided and thefixed guides may be otherwise formed, provided the frame his rigidlycontrolled in its motions.

In order to enable the catcher-warps to enter their respective places inthe reed d, the latter is made somewhat in the form of acomb, withspaces at intervals, through which the catcher or binding warp passes inorder to makeashed. The hand-rail of the lathe is dispensed with and thereed is supported only at the lower part thereof. The tops d of thedents d d between the open top spaces are united together and filled insolid with tin, iron, solder, lead, or with any suitable material, and Iprefer to form the outer dents, d of each section of the reed d, asshown more clearly at Figs. 5 and 6, in one strip of metal bent over atthe top, in order to give increased strength to such parts. I also formthe front or face (1 of such solid tops inclined slightly forward fromthe upper to the lower part thereof, for the purpose hereinafterdescribed.

The chenille weft or fur is wound on a beam or large bobbin, or it maybe placed in a basket. The beam, bobbin, or basket is placed in anyconvenient position, and the end of the chenille weft or fur is passedthrough guides 11 3 formed on or fixed to a finger, 6 carried by aslide, t, (shown separately at Figs. 7, 8, 9,) which runs to and fro,and is guided by rods or bars i fixed to the loom behind the catcherwarpneedles h. The chenille weft or fur, in its passage from the eye orguide 6 to the eye or guide 2' at the outerend of the finger 7?, issuitably guided by passing alongagroove orchannel, i formed, as shown,in the finger to deliver the fur or chenille in the proper position andwithout putting twist therein. The slide 6 is moved, as hereinafterdescribed, at the required times from one side of the loom to the other,causing the finger i to carry the chenille weftor fur with it in frontof the reed, ready to be pulled to the fell of the work at the end ofits course. Cord '6 fixed to each side of the slide 2', is passed aroundguide wheels or pulleys i one end of the cord passing to the top, theother end to the bottom, of a wheel, i which wheel is fixed on a shaftor axis, i as shown in Fig. 2. The said cord i is then carried aroundsuch wheel i a suitable distance and fixed thereto. At one end of thesaid shaft or axis i is fixed a toothed pinion, i which is taken into byand receives rotary motion, first in one direction and then in theother, at the desired times, from a toothed rack, t, fixed on the upperend of a rod, W.- This rod 1' is at its lower end pin-jointed to alever, 2' operated by a cam, 2', which is fixedon a countershaft,receiving rotary motion from the cam-.

slide t across the loom in the opposite direction at the required time.The ends of the cord 2' are passed through holes in the rim of the wheel1', and are there fixed by clamps, staples, screws, or in any othermanner convenient. The wheel is formed with a flat surface, and isflanged to prevent the cord running off, and such cord is caused to takepreferably two turns around the wheel i so as to enable such wheel togive the required motion.

The reed at, when beatlng up the chenille weft or fur, is moved forwardin such position that the bottom edge of the solid tops (1 of the dentsshall ride upon the ground-warps and press the chenille weft or fur toits proper place, to assist which the lathe or the reed d has a risingmotion imparted to it just as it is completing its forward motion, tliusbringing IIO the chenille weft or fur to its proper place without theaid of a comb, which it hashithertobeen found necessary to employ inthis class of loom. When beating up the groundweft the reed is moved toand fro in the ordinary manner; but when pressing the chenille weft orfur to its place the motions above described are imparted to it. Thepeculiar motion to the reed above described for pressing the chenilleweft or fur to its proper place ma be given thereto in the followingmanner, as represented in the drawings at Figs. 1, 2, i2, 13, 14, and15.

The lathe 0 may be moved to and fro by cranks and connectingrods, as iswell understood, or it may be operated by cams, as has before beenproposed. The reed d, instead of being fixed rigidlyin the lathe, as hasheretofore been usual, is shown fixed to a bar, 0, which has slides afixed thereto, capable of sliding up and downon fixed guides 0 formed onor fixed to the lathe-swords c. To the bar a are fixed descending lugsor ears 0, which, by links or connecting-rods 0 are connected to leversc operated b cams c" fixed to the cam-shaftb.Instead,however,ofgivingthcse motions to the reed only, a similar motionmay be imparted to the entire lathe; but I prefer the plan abovedescribed.

as is a screw-bolt or set-screw to assist in the adjustment of the reed.

I have not shown or described the apparatus for inserting theground-weft nor other wellknown parts of the loom, as they do not formpart of my present invention, and I would remark that the ground-weftmay be inserted by means of a shuttle or by mean-s of weft-insertingneedles, in the manner now well understood. V

The various movementsof the loomwilltake place in the order adopted whenweaving by hand-that is to say, the following movements will be made inone revolution of the main shaft of the loom:

First. Two or four shoots ofgrou'nd-weft will be put across, as the casemay be. This can be done either by shuttle or by weft-inserting needle.1

Second. The chenille weft or fur will then be carried once across by theslide t, when thelatter will rest till the next revolution of the mainshaft, as will be seen by reference to the gearing and other parts atFigs. 1 and 2.

Third. The rising motion of the reed or lath to bring the chenille weftor fur to its place.

Fourth. The catcher-warp will be carried down to bind in the chenilleweft or fur, the heddles will be operated to form the necessary sheds,and the weft will be inserted to bind in the-catcher-warp and to formthe ground of the fabric while the apparatus for inserting the chenilleweft or fur is standing still.

Fifth. The chenille weftor fur will then again be carried across and thevarious operations repeated as before.

1 Having thus described the nature of my said invention and the mode inwhich I carry the same into effect, Iwould have it understood that whatI claim is 1. The combination of finger'z' and slide 13 with the fixedguide-rods 2' and suitable operating mechanism, the said finger beingadapted to deliver the weft with the pile uppermost, as set forth.

2. The combination of finger 6 formed with groove and slide i, saidfinger and slide bein g formed with guides t" F, with the rods 11 andsuitable means for moving the finger side wise to and fro across thewarps, as set forth.

3. The combination of the finger t slide 2', fixed cross-bars t flexiblecord or connections i guide-wheels i operating-wheel t shaft t cam '5lever 71 rod 2', rack t, and toothed pinion 6 as set forth.

4. The combination of needle-frame It, means for imparting verticalmovement thereto, catcher-warp roller 9, mounted on the needle-frame,pulleys g on the ends of the roller, springs 1 secured to theneedle-frame, weights 9, and

cords g passing around the pulleys and attach ed at theirends to thesprings and weights, respectively, as set forth.

5. The open-topped reed at, having dents d d, formed with inclined facesd ,and a lathe, combined with means for giving a rising motion to saidreed, as set forth.

WILLIAM ADAM. Witnesses: J OHN ToMKINsoN,

Frtmche, Kiddcmninster. JAMES JOHNSON,

Birmingham Road, Kidder'minster.

